Moon Landrieu Obituary

Moon Landrieu was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th Mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978.

A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New Orleans’ Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of representatives from 1960 to 1966, served on the New Orleans City Council as a member of at-large from 1966 to 1970, and was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under US President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.

Landrieu was elected Mayor of New Orleans in the election of 1970 to succeed fellow Democrat, Victor Schiro. His opponent in the Democratic primary runoff was Lousiana Lieutenant Governor Jimmy Fitzmorris.

Landrieu married Verna Satterlee, and they had nine children; among them are former US Senator, Mary Landrieu and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu.